CLEANSE,
1. To purify to make clean to remove filth, or foul matter of any kind, or by any process whateve, as by washing, rubbing, scouring, scraping, purging, ventilation, &c. as, to cleanse the hands or face to cleanse a garment to cleanse the bowels to cleanse a ship to cleanse an infected house.
2. To free from a foul or infectious disease to heal. Leviticus 14:4,8; Mark 1:42 .
3. To free from ceremonial pollution, and consecrate to a holy use. Numbers 8:15 Exek. 43:20.
4. To purify from guilt. 1 John 1:7 .
5. To remove as, to cleanse a crime.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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